{"id":927345,"date":"2026-10-14T03:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T03:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/927345\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T03:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T03:02:11","slug":"can-australia-block-a-livestreamed-us-execution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/927345\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Australia BLOCK A Livestreamed US Execution?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the morning of 4 December, Australian time, the U.S. military plans to carry out its first execution by firing squad since WWII.\u00a0Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth wants the public to be able to watch the killing via livestream, in an announcement that\u2019s prompted global debate about online harms and the ethics of such a move.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here in Australia, MPs across the political spectrum have condemned the plans, with calls for regulators to intervene. But can the Federal Government actually block footage of this kind from being seen by Aussies?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Today we&#8217;re unpacking everything you need to know about this story, including the renewed national conversation around a digital duty of care.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Host: Billi FitzSimons and Emma Gillespie<br \/>Producer: Orla Maher<br \/>Video editor: Rosa Bowden<\/p>\n<p>Want to listen to more episodes of The Daily Aus&#8217; podcast? Follow us:<br \/>Spotify \u25ba https:\/\/spoti.fi\/46UTaD7<br \/>Apple \u25ba https:\/\/apple.co\/3MiPu4I<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Aus is a media company focused on delivering accessible and digestible news to young people. We are completely independent. Support us by subscribing to our channel here: https:\/\/bit.ly\/3l6IFpt<\/p>\n<p>Or check out our other platforms here:<br \/>Website \u25ba https:\/\/thedailyaus.com.au<br \/>Instagram \u25ba https:\/\/instagram.com\/thedailyaus<br \/>TikTok \u25ba https:\/\/tiktok.com\/@thedailyaus<\/p>\n<p>Note: Captions are auto-generated <\/p>\n<p>Shot on Fujifilm: https:\/\/www.fujifilm.com\/au\/en<\/p>\n<p>#news  #podcast  #thedailyaus<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On the morning of 4 December, Australian time, the U.S. military plans to carry out its first execution&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":927346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-927345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=927345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/927346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=927345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=927345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=927345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}